Roy Miller (academic)
Roy Frank Miller (1935 – 25 December 2021) was a British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator. He was the Principal of Royal Holloway College of the University of London from 1982 to 1985.[1]
Early life and education
Miller was born in 1935, and educated at Wembley County Grammar School. In 1957, he completed a BSc (Hons) degree in physics as an external student at the University College of South-West England (now the University of Exeter). He then completed a PhD in 1962 at Royal Holloway College under the supervision of Samuel Tolansky in 1962.[1]
Career
After completing his PhD, Miller remained at Royal Holloway College as a demonstrator and progressed to become a senior lecturer in physics by 1973. Up until 1965, the college admitted only female students as undergraduates (with the only male students being postgraduates). When male undergraduates were admitted for the first time in 1965, Miller became the Warden of the men's hall of residence, Kingswood Hall, located in Coopers Hill Lane, Englefield Green (one mile away from the college's main campus).
In 1976, Miller became Vice-Principal of the college, working under Dr Lionel Butler, who had been appointed the college's first male principal in 1973.[1]
In 1970, the University of London had set up a committee of enquiry into the governance of the university, chaired by
In the middle of this and before anything was finalised, Butler died suddenly on 26 November 1981. Miller assumed authority in his capacity as Vice-Principal, later made Acting Principal, and officially became the Principal in 1982. Following suggestions from the University of London's Vice-Chancellor, discussions took place in February 1982 between Miller and Professor
Personal life and death
In 1961, Miller married Ruth Naomi Kenchington, a former student and postgraduate at Royal Holloway College. The couple had one son, and four grandchildren.[1][2] He died on 25 December 2021, at the age of 86.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-09-468200-3.
- ^ MILLER, Dr Roy Frank. Who's Who 2012. London: A & C Black, 2012. Who's Who 2012 online edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. Online ed., Nov 2011, accessed 13 July 2012
- ^ "Miller, Roy Frank". The Times. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.